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craig, if you come dot stage, i'll hand the podium over. [applause] >> thank you, coming from the south, we often time -- comedians make fun of southerners, and they make fun of things we call signs, it's a sign if -- so let me give you one that it might be a sign if the private sector will not insure you. ever thought about that? we oftentimes get so loss in talking about policy and cause and the debates over climate change, is it real, not real, manmade, not manmade. i work pretty much in the world of outcomes and not in theory. it happens, you deal with it. i asked myself if the private sector with all of their financial resources and tools cannot figure out how to make money off your risk, it might be a sign. they can do it for house fires, can't they? they can do it for your car as bad as a driver is in dc, they can insure you, and you can afford it; right? you might not like it, but you can afford it. they figured out how to make that work. how come they can't do earthquakes? how come they can't do floods? how come they are not doing
craig, if you come dot stage, i'll hand the podium over. [applause] >> thank you, coming from the south, we often time -- comedians make fun of southerners, and they make fun of things we call signs, it's a sign if -- so let me give you one that it might be a sign if the private sector will not insure you. ever thought about that? we oftentimes get so loss in talking about policy and cause and the debates over climate change, is it real, not real, manmade, not manmade. i work pretty much...
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and craig, you dealt with this, and margareta also. also, some of these vulnerable areas are also economics where factories and infrastructure, corporations are in these areas. and that's part of what drives people to be there. so there's also and industrial and economic aspect to this. in part of the challenge about helping or not helping is an ethical question, as well as a legal question. so i would like each of you to just address that briefly if you could. >> here's how i would frame it. i've been into me places where i call them the proverbial one company down. but it's in the flood zone. and the workforce lives in housing, low to moderate income, is what is affordable there in the flood zones. when the flood comes in and wipes everything out, there's no tax base, there's no workforce and the company closes. then local officials go what happened? this is what i'm talking the resiliency. i think again we've got to put this in terms of dollars. and what those impacts are. i look at resiliency this would. and i think part of what yo
and craig, you dealt with this, and margareta also. also, some of these vulnerable areas are also economics where factories and infrastructure, corporations are in these areas. and that's part of what drives people to be there. so there's also and industrial and economic aspect to this. in part of the challenge about helping or not helping is an ethical question, as well as a legal question. so i would like each of you to just address that briefly if you could. >> here's how i would frame...
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introducing craig fugate is a challenge. the federal emergency management agency sent the people don't care about except when that's the only thing they hear about. you don't hear about them, but when a disaster strikes they are front and center in the news the federal perception is a roller coaster ride. after katrina was subject to a lot of criticism. the last four years, fema is stand in an appreciation and has risen dramatic way. it has gained a level of respect that i think it's absolutely essential and reflects the fact that leadership is really given a lot of preparations so when disaster strikes, fema is ready. not just a thought, but its relationships with different levels of government and that is due in very large part to the leadership that craig fugate has brought to fema. his background is interesting. he began as a volunteer firefighter and emergency paramedic. now if any of you have had an opportunity to interact with volunteer firefighters and paramedics come you know these are some of the very best people i
introducing craig fugate is a challenge. the federal emergency management agency sent the people don't care about except when that's the only thing they hear about. you don't hear about them, but when a disaster strikes they are front and center in the news the federal perception is a roller coaster ride. after katrina was subject to a lot of criticism. the last four years, fema is stand in an appreciation and has risen dramatic way. it has gained a level of respect that i think it's absolutely...
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they were going to have craig fugate. after they've given their remarks, alec of your questions and come to the podium and asked them some of your questions. we will begin with margareta wahlstrom come united nations assistant secretary for disaster risk reduction. she is 30 years experience in the field, humanitarian relief, institution building. she asked out with more disasters, not just environment so, the bradley humanitarian disasters than anybody else. so she has great respect for. so margareta, if you will come to the podium and when she is finished, i will briefly introduce mr. fugate and after his remarks we will take questions. thank you. caught mark >> good morning. i must say that i'm really honored and very impressed to has come speak to this audience. i know you are a powerful group of scientists. i think a lot of students today here as well and so we have the advantage of hope for the future today. the one idea to come up with after three days were, let it be three ideas for the future. so i'm very honored
they were going to have craig fugate. after they've given their remarks, alec of your questions and come to the podium and asked them some of your questions. we will begin with margareta wahlstrom come united nations assistant secretary for disaster risk reduction. she is 30 years experience in the field, humanitarian relief, institution building. she asked out with more disasters, not just environment so, the bradley humanitarian disasters than anybody else. so she has great respect for. so...
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craig simmons unlike and admirals in the last week in conspirator, a very interesting book on how he got away and was brought back for charlie cook years later. on monday, november 10 at 6:00 p.m. condi the tour website or book signing that that is the bliss of august. we have pulitzer winner james pearce and with his latest book of abraham lincoln is shared. regurgitate virtual book signing on the road. so if you want to see live james mcpherson, will be at the mccormick freedom museum here in chicago. i hope you'll join us us they are, via the internet is for. michael burling coming in the multivolume work. abraham lincoln, will be a fascinating large work that were all contending with. we've gotten into many of the newspapers and might be contenders. also at the freedom museum, january 29, thursday at 6:00 p.m. we will have senator george mcgovern come in. is what a new book in the american president terry scott abraham lincoln and that will be a very lively discussion about quÉbec to his own political times as well. then in february, on the 14th because while somewhere else on t
craig simmons unlike and admirals in the last week in conspirator, a very interesting book on how he got away and was brought back for charlie cook years later. on monday, november 10 at 6:00 p.m. condi the tour website or book signing that that is the bliss of august. we have pulitzer winner james pearce and with his latest book of abraham lincoln is shared. regurgitate virtual book signing on the road. so if you want to see live james mcpherson, will be at the mccormick freedom museum here in...
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then we're going have craig fugate. after they have both given their remarks. ly be gathering up your questions. ly come to the podium and ask them some of your questions. we begin with margarita. she's the united nations' assistant secretary for disaster risk reduction. she has thirty years experience in the field, humanitarian relief, institution building. she has dealt with disasters of more time but broadly humanitarian disasters than probably anyone else. she has great respective and so, margarita, if you will come to the podium, and when she is finished i will briefly introduce mr. fugate and we'll take questions. thank you. [applause] good morning. i must say that i'm really on honored and impressed to have been requested to speed to this audience. i know, you are a powerful group of scientists, and i think a lot of students here today as well. we have both the advantage of the crude wisdom and hope for the future here today. one idea that peter wanted do you come up with after three dais work let it be three ideas for the future. so i'm very honor, of c
then we're going have craig fugate. after they have both given their remarks. ly be gathering up your questions. ly come to the podium and ask them some of your questions. we begin with margarita. she's the united nations' assistant secretary for disaster risk reduction. she has thirty years experience in the field, humanitarian relief, institution building. she has dealt with disasters of more time but broadly humanitarian disasters than probably anyone else. she has great respective and so,...
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fema director craig is among the speakers. you can see it live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on our companion networking c-span3. >> talk about it for years. they become his dream and he'd been in droid a few months before and talked about i have a dream, and america will someday realize the principles and decoration of independence. so i think he was just inspired by that moment. >> sunday on after words. he recalls the journey of as is civil rights activist participating on the march of washington. arizona's republican governor jan brewer gave her state of the state address monday in phoenix. while the state opted out of setting up health exchanges under the federal health care law it cannot do the same with the med cad expansion. he called on the legislation to improve emergency funding for child protective services case work and simplify the tax code. it's forty minutes. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] speaker, president bigs, honorable senators and represents of the arizona legislature, chief justice buncher
fema director craig is among the speakers. you can see it live at 8:30 a.m. eastern on our companion networking c-span3. >> talk about it for years. they become his dream and he'd been in droid a few months before and talked about i have a dream, and america will someday realize the principles and decoration of independence. so i think he was just inspired by that moment. >> sunday on after words. he recalls the journey of as is civil rights activist participating on the march of...